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  <div class="section" id="module-sysconfig">
<span id="sysconfig-provide-access-to-python-s-configuration-information"></span><h1><a class="reference internal" href="#module-sysconfig" title="sysconfig: Python's configuration information"><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">sysconfig</span></code></a> — Provide access to Python’s configuration information<a class="headerlink" href="#module-sysconfig" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>
<div class="versionadded">
<p><span class="versionmodified added">New in version 3.2.</span></p>
</div>
<p><strong>Source code:</strong> <a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/python/cpython/tree/3.8/Lib/sysconfig.py">Lib/sysconfig.py</a></p>
<hr class="docutils" id="index-0" />
<p>The <a class="reference internal" href="#module-sysconfig" title="sysconfig: Python's configuration information"><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">sysconfig</span></code></a> module provides access to Python’s configuration
information like the list of installation paths and the configuration variables
relevant for the current platform.</p>
<div class="section" id="configuration-variables">
<h2>Configuration variables<a class="headerlink" href="#configuration-variables" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<p>A Python distribution contains a <code class="file docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Makefile</span></code> and a <code class="file docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pyconfig.h</span></code>
header file that are necessary to build both the Python binary itself and
third-party C extensions compiled using <a class="reference internal" href="distutils.html#module-distutils" title="distutils: Support for building and installing Python modules into an existing Python installation."><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">distutils</span></code></a>.</p>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="#module-sysconfig" title="sysconfig: Python's configuration information"><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">sysconfig</span></code></a> puts all variables found in these files in a dictionary that
can be accessed using <a class="reference internal" href="#sysconfig.get_config_vars" title="sysconfig.get_config_vars"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">get_config_vars()</span></code></a> or <a class="reference internal" href="#sysconfig.get_config_var" title="sysconfig.get_config_var"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">get_config_var()</span></code></a>.</p>
<p>Notice that on Windows, it’s a much smaller set.</p>
<dl class="function">
<dt id="sysconfig.get_config_vars">
<code class="sig-prename descclassname">sysconfig.</code><code class="sig-name descname">get_config_vars</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param">*args</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#sysconfig.get_config_vars" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>With no arguments, return a dictionary of all configuration variables
relevant for the current platform.</p>
<p>With arguments, return a list of values that result from looking up each
argument in the configuration variable dictionary.</p>
<p>For each argument, if the value is not found, return <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">None</span></code>.</p>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="function">
<dt id="sysconfig.get_config_var">
<code class="sig-prename descclassname">sysconfig.</code><code class="sig-name descname">get_config_var</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param">name</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#sysconfig.get_config_var" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Return the value of a single variable <em>name</em>. Equivalent to
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">get_config_vars().get(name)</span></code>.</p>
<p>If <em>name</em> is not found, return <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">None</span></code>.</p>
</dd></dl>

<p>Example of usage:</p>
<div class="highlight-python3 notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="kn">import</span> <span class="nn">sysconfig</span>
<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">sysconfig</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">get_config_var</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;Py_ENABLE_SHARED&#39;</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="go">0</span>
<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">sysconfig</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">get_config_var</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;LIBDIR&#39;</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="go">&#39;/usr/local/lib&#39;</span>
<span class="gp">&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class="n">sysconfig</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">get_config_vars</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">&#39;AR&#39;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">&#39;CXX&#39;</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="go">[&#39;ar&#39;, &#39;g++&#39;]</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="section" id="installation-paths">
<h2>Installation paths<a class="headerlink" href="#installation-paths" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<p>Python uses an installation scheme that differs depending on the platform and on
the installation options.  These schemes are stored in <a class="reference internal" href="#module-sysconfig" title="sysconfig: Python's configuration information"><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">sysconfig</span></code></a> under
unique identifiers based on the value returned by <a class="reference internal" href="os.html#os.name" title="os.name"><code class="xref py py-const docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">os.name</span></code></a>.</p>
<p>Every new component that is installed using <a class="reference internal" href="distutils.html#module-distutils" title="distutils: Support for building and installing Python modules into an existing Python installation."><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">distutils</span></code></a> or a
Distutils-based system will follow the same scheme to copy its file in the right
places.</p>
<p>Python currently supports seven schemes:</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li><p><em>posix_prefix</em>: scheme for POSIX platforms like Linux or Mac OS X.  This is
the default scheme used when Python or a component is installed.</p></li>
<li><p><em>posix_home</em>: scheme for POSIX platforms used when a <em>home</em> option is used
upon installation.  This scheme is used when a component is installed through
Distutils with a specific home prefix.</p></li>
<li><p><em>posix_user</em>: scheme for POSIX platforms used when a component is installed
through Distutils and the <em>user</em> option is used.  This scheme defines paths
located under the user home directory.</p></li>
<li><p><em>nt</em>: scheme for NT platforms like Windows.</p></li>
<li><p><em>nt_user</em>: scheme for NT platforms, when the <em>user</em> option is used.</p></li>
</ul>
<p>Each scheme is itself composed of a series of paths and each path has a unique
identifier.  Python currently uses eight paths:</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li><p><em>stdlib</em>: directory containing the standard Python library files that are not
platform-specific.</p></li>
<li><p><em>platstdlib</em>: directory containing the standard Python library files that are
platform-specific.</p></li>
<li><p><em>platlib</em>: directory for site-specific, platform-specific files.</p></li>
<li><p><em>purelib</em>: directory for site-specific, non-platform-specific files.</p></li>
<li><p><em>include</em>: directory for non-platform-specific header files.</p></li>
<li><p><em>platinclude</em>: directory for platform-specific header files.</p></li>
<li><p><em>scripts</em>: directory for script files.</p></li>
<li><p><em>data</em>: directory for data files.</p></li>
</ul>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="#module-sysconfig" title="sysconfig: Python's configuration information"><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">sysconfig</span></code></a> provides some functions to determine these paths.</p>
<dl class="function">
<dt id="sysconfig.get_scheme_names">
<code class="sig-prename descclassname">sysconfig.</code><code class="sig-name descname">get_scheme_names</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#sysconfig.get_scheme_names" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Return a tuple containing all schemes currently supported in
<a class="reference internal" href="#module-sysconfig" title="sysconfig: Python's configuration information"><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">sysconfig</span></code></a>.</p>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="function">
<dt id="sysconfig.get_path_names">
<code class="sig-prename descclassname">sysconfig.</code><code class="sig-name descname">get_path_names</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#sysconfig.get_path_names" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Return a tuple containing all path names currently supported in
<a class="reference internal" href="#module-sysconfig" title="sysconfig: Python's configuration information"><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">sysconfig</span></code></a>.</p>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="function">
<dt id="sysconfig.get_path">
<code class="sig-prename descclassname">sysconfig.</code><code class="sig-name descname">get_path</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param">name</em><span class="optional">[</span>, <em class="sig-param">scheme</em><span class="optional">[</span>, <em class="sig-param">vars</em><span class="optional">[</span>, <em class="sig-param">expand</em><span class="optional">]</span><span class="optional">]</span><span class="optional">]</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#sysconfig.get_path" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Return an installation path corresponding to the path <em>name</em>, from the
install scheme named <em>scheme</em>.</p>
<p><em>name</em> has to be a value from the list returned by <a class="reference internal" href="#sysconfig.get_path_names" title="sysconfig.get_path_names"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">get_path_names()</span></code></a>.</p>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="#module-sysconfig" title="sysconfig: Python's configuration information"><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">sysconfig</span></code></a> stores installation paths corresponding to each path name,
for each platform, with variables to be expanded.  For instance the <em>stdlib</em>
path for the <em>nt</em> scheme is: <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">{base}/Lib</span></code>.</p>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="#sysconfig.get_path" title="sysconfig.get_path"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">get_path()</span></code></a> will use the variables returned by <a class="reference internal" href="#sysconfig.get_config_vars" title="sysconfig.get_config_vars"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">get_config_vars()</span></code></a>
to expand the path.  All variables have default values for each platform so
one may call this function and get the default value.</p>
<p>If <em>scheme</em> is provided, it must be a value from the list returned by
<a class="reference internal" href="#sysconfig.get_scheme_names" title="sysconfig.get_scheme_names"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">get_scheme_names()</span></code></a>.  Otherwise, the default scheme for the current
platform is used.</p>
<p>If <em>vars</em> is provided, it must be a dictionary of variables that will update
the dictionary return by <a class="reference internal" href="#sysconfig.get_config_vars" title="sysconfig.get_config_vars"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">get_config_vars()</span></code></a>.</p>
<p>If <em>expand</em> is set to <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">False</span></code>, the path will not be expanded using the
variables.</p>
<p>If <em>name</em> is not found, return <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">None</span></code>.</p>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="function">
<dt id="sysconfig.get_paths">
<code class="sig-prename descclassname">sysconfig.</code><code class="sig-name descname">get_paths</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="optional">[</span><em class="sig-param">scheme</em><span class="optional">[</span>, <em class="sig-param">vars</em><span class="optional">[</span>, <em class="sig-param">expand</em><span class="optional">]</span><span class="optional">]</span><span class="optional">]</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#sysconfig.get_paths" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Return a dictionary containing all installation paths corresponding to an
installation scheme. See <a class="reference internal" href="#sysconfig.get_path" title="sysconfig.get_path"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">get_path()</span></code></a> for more information.</p>
<p>If <em>scheme</em> is not provided, will use the default scheme for the current
platform.</p>
<p>If <em>vars</em> is provided, it must be a dictionary of variables that will
update the dictionary used to expand the paths.</p>
<p>If <em>expand</em> is set to false, the paths will not be expanded.</p>
<p>If <em>scheme</em> is not an existing scheme, <a class="reference internal" href="#sysconfig.get_paths" title="sysconfig.get_paths"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">get_paths()</span></code></a> will raise a
<a class="reference internal" href="exceptions.html#KeyError" title="KeyError"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">KeyError</span></code></a>.</p>
</dd></dl>

</div>
<div class="section" id="other-functions">
<h2>Other functions<a class="headerlink" href="#other-functions" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<dl class="function">
<dt id="sysconfig.get_python_version">
<code class="sig-prename descclassname">sysconfig.</code><code class="sig-name descname">get_python_version</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#sysconfig.get_python_version" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Return the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">MAJOR.MINOR</span></code> Python version number as a string.  Similar to
<code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">'%d.%d'</span> <span class="pre">%</span> <span class="pre">sys.version_info[:2]</span></code>.</p>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="function">
<dt id="sysconfig.get_platform">
<code class="sig-prename descclassname">sysconfig.</code><code class="sig-name descname">get_platform</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#sysconfig.get_platform" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Return a string that identifies the current platform.</p>
<p>This is used mainly to distinguish platform-specific build directories and
platform-specific built distributions.  Typically includes the OS name and
version and the architecture (as supplied by ‘os.uname()’), although the
exact information included depends on the OS; e.g., on Linux, the kernel
version isn’t particularly important.</p>
<p>Examples of returned values:</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li><p>linux-i586</p></li>
<li><p>linux-alpha (?)</p></li>
<li><p>solaris-2.6-sun4u</p></li>
</ul>
<p>Windows will return one of:</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li><p>win-amd64 (64bit Windows on AMD64, aka x86_64, Intel64, and EM64T)</p></li>
<li><p>win32 (all others - specifically, sys.platform is returned)</p></li>
</ul>
<p>Mac OS X can return:</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li><p>macosx-10.6-ppc</p></li>
<li><p>macosx-10.4-ppc64</p></li>
<li><p>macosx-10.3-i386</p></li>
<li><p>macosx-10.4-fat</p></li>
</ul>
<p>For other non-POSIX platforms, currently just returns <a class="reference internal" href="sys.html#sys.platform" title="sys.platform"><code class="xref py py-data docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">sys.platform</span></code></a>.</p>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="function">
<dt id="sysconfig.is_python_build">
<code class="sig-prename descclassname">sysconfig.</code><code class="sig-name descname">is_python_build</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#sysconfig.is_python_build" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Return <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">True</span></code> if the running Python interpreter was built from source and
is being run from its built location, and not from a location resulting from
e.g. running <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">make</span> <span class="pre">install</span></code> or installing via a binary installer.</p>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="function">
<dt id="sysconfig.parse_config_h">
<code class="sig-prename descclassname">sysconfig.</code><code class="sig-name descname">parse_config_h</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param">fp</em><span class="optional">[</span>, <em class="sig-param">vars</em><span class="optional">]</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#sysconfig.parse_config_h" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Parse a <code class="file docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">config.h</span></code>-style file.</p>
<p><em>fp</em> is a file-like object pointing to the <code class="file docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">config.h</span></code>-like file.</p>
<p>A dictionary containing name/value pairs is returned.  If an optional
dictionary is passed in as the second argument, it is used instead of a new
dictionary, and updated with the values read in the file.</p>
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<dt id="sysconfig.get_config_h_filename">
<code class="sig-prename descclassname">sysconfig.</code><code class="sig-name descname">get_config_h_filename</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#sysconfig.get_config_h_filename" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Return the path of <code class="file docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">pyconfig.h</span></code>.</p>
</dd></dl>

<dl class="function">
<dt id="sysconfig.get_makefile_filename">
<code class="sig-prename descclassname">sysconfig.</code><code class="sig-name descname">get_makefile_filename</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#sysconfig.get_makefile_filename" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Return the path of <code class="file docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Makefile</span></code>.</p>
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<h2>Using <a class="reference internal" href="#module-sysconfig" title="sysconfig: Python's configuration information"><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">sysconfig</span></code></a> as a script<a class="headerlink" href="#using-sysconfig-as-a-script" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<p>You can use <a class="reference internal" href="#module-sysconfig" title="sysconfig: Python's configuration information"><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">sysconfig</span></code></a> as a script with Python’s <em>-m</em> option:</p>
<div class="highlight-shell-session notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="gp">$</span> python -m sysconfig
<span class="go">Platform: &quot;macosx-10.4-i386&quot;</span>
<span class="go">Python version: &quot;3.2&quot;</span>
<span class="go">Current installation scheme: &quot;posix_prefix&quot;</span>

<span class="go">Paths:</span>
<span class="go">        data = &quot;/usr/local&quot;</span>
<span class="go">        include = &quot;/Users/tarek/Dev/svn.python.org/py3k/Include&quot;</span>
<span class="go">        platinclude = &quot;.&quot;</span>
<span class="go">        platlib = &quot;/usr/local/lib/python3.2/site-packages&quot;</span>
<span class="go">        platstdlib = &quot;/usr/local/lib/python3.2&quot;</span>
<span class="go">        purelib = &quot;/usr/local/lib/python3.2/site-packages&quot;</span>
<span class="go">        scripts = &quot;/usr/local/bin&quot;</span>
<span class="go">        stdlib = &quot;/usr/local/lib/python3.2&quot;</span>

<span class="go">Variables:</span>
<span class="go">        AC_APPLE_UNIVERSAL_BUILD = &quot;0&quot;</span>
<span class="go">        AIX_GENUINE_CPLUSPLUS = &quot;0&quot;</span>
<span class="go">        AR = &quot;ar&quot;</span>
<span class="go">        ARFLAGS = &quot;rc&quot;</span>
<span class="go">        ...</span>
</pre></div>
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<p>This call will print in the standard output the information returned by
<a class="reference internal" href="#sysconfig.get_platform" title="sysconfig.get_platform"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">get_platform()</span></code></a>, <a class="reference internal" href="#sysconfig.get_python_version" title="sysconfig.get_python_version"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">get_python_version()</span></code></a>, <a class="reference internal" href="#sysconfig.get_path" title="sysconfig.get_path"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">get_path()</span></code></a> and
<a class="reference internal" href="#sysconfig.get_config_vars" title="sysconfig.get_config_vars"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">get_config_vars()</span></code></a>.</p>
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